Università Roma Tre

Spanish Literature I (for students of LMLC and Others Courses of Study)
Course leader: Sara Pezzini
Credits: 6
Semester I

Description

The course intends to explore the origin, characteristics and evolution of the literary myth of Don Juan. Beginning with a close reading of the play attributed to Tirso de Molina, we will then proceed to a critical analysis of some canonic texts of the Spanish literature where the figure of Don Juan emerges as main topic. Texts of diverse literary genders and epochs will be studied.

1) TEXTS:

• [Tirso de Molina], L’ingannatore di Siviglia e il convitato di pietra, Torino, Einaudi, 1998 (no other edition should be used);
• Extracts from José Esproceda’s, El estudiante de Salamanca (available online at: http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/el-estudiante-de-salamanca--0/html/fedd8060-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064.html);
• Benito Pérez Galdós, Tristana, translated by A. Guarino, bilingual edition, Marsilio, 2007 (no other edition should be used);
• Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, Sonata di primavera, edited by G. Battista De Cesare, bilingual edition, Marsilio, 2001 (no other edition should be used);

2) CRITICS AND NOTIONS OF LITERARY HISTORY:

• Carlos Alvar, José Carlos Mainer, Rosa Navarro, Storia della letteratura spagnola. Vol. 1, Torino, Einaudi (Extracts indicated by the professor);
• L. Chines, C. Varotti, Che cos’è un testo letterario, Roma, Carrocci (Extracts indicated by the professor);
• The introductions of the indicated editions;
• Other bibliographic materials (provided by the teachers).

See "TEXTS" section.

Spanish Literature I (for L11 Course of Study)
Course leader: Sara Pezzini (A-L, Semester II), Simone Trecca (M-Z, Semester I)
Credits: 6

Description of course

The student will be introduced to the study of Spanish culture and literature. In particular, this course will explore the presence of love and death among the literary genders and through diverse epochs, by the study and analysis of some of the most representative texts of the Spanish literature.

TEXTS:
• F. de Rojas, La Celestina, introduzione di C. Samonà, Milano, BUR (no other edition should be used) ;
• Garcilaso de la Vega, Egloga I (provided by the professors);
• Federico García Lorca, Nozze di sangue, edizione di E. Pittarello, Venezia, Marsilio (no other edition should be used).
• Poetry anthology from Classicism to the 27th Generation (provided by the professors);
• Anthology of the Mith of Don Juan from its origins to Modern Decadentism (extracts from Tirso de Molina, José de Espronceda, José Zorrilla, Ramón del Valle-Inclán), provided by the teachers.

CRITICS AND NOTIONS OF LITERARY HISTORY:

• Carlos Alvar, José Carlos Mainer, Rosa Navarro, Storia della letteratura spagnola. Vol. I, Torino, Einaudi (only some parts);
• F. Antonucci, Il Novecento letterario spagnolo: percorsi, Pisa, ETS (only some parts);
• The introductions of the indicated editions;
• Cesare Segre, “Analisi concettuale della I Egloga di Garcilaso”, provided by the teachers;
• Other bibliographic materials (provided by the teachers).


EXPECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

A) Historical, literary and culture skills
Spanish culture of The Golden Age (poetry and theatre)
Spanish culture of Romanticism and Modernism (poetry, theatre and narrative)
Spanish culture in the Age of Avant-garde (poetry and theatre)
Evolution of Spanish society
Gender roles and functions in Spanish society (evolution)

B) THEMATIC ACHIEVEMENTS
Love and death in light of the concept of “tragicómico”
Love and death from a tragical perpective
Love and death from a romantic perpective
Love and death from the Decadentism perspective

C) METHODOLOGICAL SKILLS
Methodology for social and cultural approaches
Methodology for literary approaches
Methodology bases for the analysis of literary texts.

See "TEXTS" section.

The student will be introduced to the study of Spanish culture and literature through a critical reading of the indicated works. In particular, the course aims to explore the constant and changing presence between eras and literary genres of the binomial love / death by reading, commenting and analyzing some canonical texts of Spanish literature.

EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS
A) Historical-literary and cultural skills
The Spanish culture of the Siglo de Oro (poetry and theater)
Spanish culture between romanticism and modernism (poetry, theater and prose)
Spanish culture in the vanguard era (poetry and theater)
Evolutionary lines of the Spanish company
Roles and functions of men and women in Spanish society (evolution)

B) Thematic skills
Love and death in a tragicomic key
Love and death in a tragic key
Love and death in a romantic key
Love and death in a decadentist key

C) Methodological skills
Approach methodologies to social and cultural phenomena
Approach methodologies to literary phenomena
Methodological bases for the analysis of the literary text (thematic and formal approach)

• F. de Rojas, La Celestina, introduction by C. Samonà, Milan, BUR (mandatory edition);
• Garcilaso de la Vega, Egloga I, made available by the teachers;
• Federico García Lorca, Nozze di sangue, edition E. Pittarello, Venice, Marsilio (compulsory edition)
• Short anthology of poems from classicism to the generation of 27, made available by the teachers;
• Brief anthology on the figures of Don Giovanni from the origins to modernist decadentism (extracts from Tirso de Molina, José de Espronceda, José Zorrilla, Ramón del Valle-Inclán), made available by the teachers